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The Hobbit Hole XIV - Hill and Water Under Sky
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Posted on 08/05/2004 5:47:31 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!
...Hill and water under sky
New verse:
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Upon the hearth the fire is red,
Beneath the roof there is a bed;
But not yet weary are our feet,
Still round the corner we may meet
A sudden tree or standing stone
That none have seen but we alone.
Tree and flower and leaf and grass,
Let them pass! Let them pass!
Hill and water under sky,
Pass them by! Pass them by! |
Still round the corner there may wait
A new road or a secret gate,
And though we pass them by today,
Tomorrow we may come this way
And take the hidden paths that run
Towards the Moon or to the Sun.
Apple, thorn, and nut and sloe,
Let them go! Let them go!
Sand and stone and pool and dell,
Fare you well! Fare you well! |
Home is behind, the world ahead,
And there are many paths to tread
Through shadows to the edge of night,
Until the stars are all alight.
Then world behind and home ahead,
We’ll wander back to home and bed.
Mist and twilight, cloud and shade,
Away shall fade! Away shall fade!
Fire and lamp, and meat and bread,
And then to bed! And then to bed! |
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To: JenB
Maybe I'd better just keep hacking at it.Heh, pun intended?
Seriesly, does the university have a fencing club, or self-defense classes? You might try hanging out at some of their practice sessions, to see the real thing in action.
Taking a self-defense course or a martial art course would be good exercise, too.
6,701
posted on
08/29/2004 5:32:27 PM PDT
by
Bear_in_RoseBear
(Looks like you've been missing a lot of work lately! Oh, I wouldn't say I've been missing it, Bob.)
To: Bear_in_RoseBear
That might be a good idea - I'm still surprised at all the clubs there are up here! I'll check it out...
They actually have a martial-arts class I'm kinda interested in. I think it's called akido... something like that. But I can't tell if it's once a week (doable) or three times a week (impossible) so I'll have to look into that,
6,702
posted on
08/29/2004 5:40:05 PM PDT
by
JenB
To: Lil'freeper; ExGeeEye; HairOfTheDog; ecurbh; Overtaxed; All
Goofy stuff ping... closing ceremonies of the Olympics on NBC now. Pickup truck full of watermelons just pulled into the stadium, I don't know why...
6,703
posted on
08/29/2004 5:40:09 PM PDT
by
Bear_in_RoseBear
(Looks like you've been missing a lot of work lately! Oh, I wouldn't say I've been missing it, Bob.)
To: JenB
Aikido is a good defensive style... uses a lot of throws and holds, very few punches and kicks.
6,704
posted on
08/29/2004 5:45:14 PM PDT
by
Bear_in_RoseBear
(Looks like you've been missing a lot of work lately! Oh, I wouldn't say I've been missing it, Bob.)
To: Bear_in_RoseBear
That's why I was interested in it. It doesn't sound like a "flashy" martial art.
6,705
posted on
08/29/2004 5:47:25 PM PDT
by
JenB
To: Rose in RoseBear
I can suggest a series called Conquest, produced and narrated by Peter Woodward (the son of the great British actor Edward Woodward), for the realism versus stylized fornms of combat. I loved that series. I wish they'd bring it back with new eps.
Except for the few oddball ones, like bull riding and figure eight racing.
The training that you receive, whether it's samurai sword, longbow, rifle, or phaser, is intended to burn enough neural pathways in your brain so that when the sh*t hits the fan, you'll instinctively remember some move that will allow you to get in the killing blow. But along the way, you'll instinctively throw away everything you knew about elegance, style, or fair play. And you'll have no qualms about bringing a gun to a knife fight.
I love the early scene in Butch Caassidy and the Sundance Kid where Paul Newman goes over "the rules of knifefighting" before going up against "Jaws" Richard Kiel.
6,706
posted on
08/29/2004 5:54:43 PM PDT
by
300winmag
(FR's Hobbit Hole supports America's troops)
To: osagebowman; All
mmm...s'mores.....
Evenin' folks! Anything new and exciting happen today?
6,707
posted on
08/29/2004 6:26:23 PM PDT
by
RMDupree
(HHD: My heart remains in Washington....)
To: RMDupree
Hi Ruthie... watching the Olympics closing ceremonies on NBC. More goofy stuff than you can shake a stick at... oh, wait, they *are* shaking sticks at it!
6,708
posted on
08/29/2004 6:28:35 PM PDT
by
Bear_in_RoseBear
(Looks like you've been missing a lot of work lately! Oh, I wouldn't say I've been missing it, Bob.)
To: RMDupree
I missed a sale price of $189 for a pretty good desktop computer...
:)
6,709
posted on
08/29/2004 6:28:54 PM PDT
by
ExGeeEye
(Moving right along...to November and beyond...)
To: Bear_in_RoseBear
Did you ever figger out what the watermelons were for?
6,710
posted on
08/29/2004 6:36:20 PM PDT
by
RMDupree
(HHD: My heart remains in Washington....)
To: ExGeeEye
$189?! How on earth? Did it "fall off the truck" or something?
6,711
posted on
08/29/2004 6:36:58 PM PDT
by
RMDupree
(HHD: My heart remains in Washington....)
To: RMDupree
Nope, never did... they appeared and then disappeared, symbolic of something significant I'm sure, but I have no idea what...
Shortly after that, they had people dancing around and jumping through fires.... then a crowd chased a guy in a dress riding a bicycle until he fell over. I don't think the falling over part was intended, or it would have made a nice Benny Hill sketch.
6,712
posted on
08/29/2004 6:40:28 PM PDT
by
Bear_in_RoseBear
(Looks like you've been missing a lot of work lately! Oh, I wouldn't say I've been missing it, Bob.)
To: Bear_in_RoseBear
Um..sounds...interesting?
Love the tagline, BTW!
6,713
posted on
08/29/2004 6:43:15 PM PDT
by
RMDupree
(HHD: My heart remains in Washington....)
To: RMDupree
Did it "fall off the truck" or something?No, but it probably didn't add anything to the bottom line. CompUSA had 10 of them at $389 with a $200 rebate. "Pretty good" means "not top of the line", but not "will be obsolete tomorrow" either. No monitor, no speakers, no printer.
They sold out as fast as the people lined up outside could get in...by the time I got there after church, it was long over.
It got the store some added traffic, I imagine.
6,714
posted on
08/29/2004 6:46:10 PM PDT
by
ExGeeEye
(Moving right along...to November and beyond...)
To: RMDupree
Not as "interesting" as the protests in New York maybe, but not nearly as mean-spirited... ;)
6,715
posted on
08/29/2004 6:46:48 PM PDT
by
Bear_in_RoseBear
(Looks like you've been missing a lot of work lately! Oh, I wouldn't say I've been missing it, Bob.)
To: ExGeeEye
That is a good deal. It's not wonder folks grabbed them up!
Better luck next time, XGI. *grin*
6,716
posted on
08/29/2004 6:47:55 PM PDT
by
RMDupree
(HHD: My heart remains in Washington....)
To: Bear_in_RoseBear
I've avoided all the news channels today for that very reason. The Weather Channel is the closest I got and that was strictly for Frances updates.
The RNC convention starts tomorrow night and I can't wait!
6,717
posted on
08/29/2004 6:49:01 PM PDT
by
RMDupree
(HHD: My heart remains in Washington....)
To: RMDupree
Wow, dancing Chinese chicks in short skirts playing zithers and drums!
6,718
posted on
08/29/2004 6:51:13 PM PDT
by
Bear_in_RoseBear
(Looks like you've been missing a lot of work lately! Oh, I wouldn't say I've been missing it, Bob.)
To: Bear_in_RoseBear; All
Why do I get the feeling that the zithers and drums are secondary to the short-skirted Chinese chicks?
*wink*
I'm gonna hit the sack early tonight. See you all tomorrow!
6,719
posted on
08/29/2004 7:02:20 PM PDT
by
RMDupree
(HHD: My heart remains in Washington....)
To: RMDupree
I must admit, those were several words I never expected to use together in the same sentence.
Have a good night! ;)
6,720
posted on
08/29/2004 7:04:20 PM PDT
by
Bear_in_RoseBear
(Looks like you've been missing a lot of work lately! Oh, I wouldn't say I've been missing it, Bob.)
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